VEE ONICA— VTB tJK NUM. 
183 
turbinate scales arachnoid-ciliate, a little 
mucronate. Perhaps a distinct species. S. 
scaherri'ma, (p. Ju. Z/.) stem simple: 
leaves lance-linear, denticulate, scabrous, 
hairy ; corymb sub-umbelled ; scales of 
the involucrura lanceolate, mucronate. 2 f. 
S. 
fascicula'ta, (Au. Il) leaves long, linear, 
sparingly serrate ; flowers corymbed, ap- 
proximate; involucrum ovoid, smooth; 
scales unarmed. S, 
VERON'ICA. 2—1. (Pediculares.) 
officina'lh, (speedwell, b. M. 11 •) spikes 
lateral, peduncled ; leaves opposite, obo- 
vate, hairy ; stem procumbent, rough-haii'- 
ed. 9-12 i. 
anagaU'liss, (brook pimpernel, b. J. 2X) 
racemes opposite, long, loose ; leaves lan- 
ceolate, serrate; stem erect. 12-18 i. 
heccahuv!' ga, (brook-lime, b. J. 2X.) ra- 
cemes opposite ; leaves oval-obtuse, sub- 
serrate, glabrous; stem procumbent, root- 
ing at the base. Probably a variety of the 
last. 9-18 i. 
nerpyllifo'lia, (b. M. to Au. 21) racemes 
spiked, many-flowered ; leaves ovate, 
slightly crenate ; capsules broad obcordate ; 
stems procumbent, 3-5 inches long, some- 
times creeping ; flowers pale, in a long ter- 
minal spike, or raceme. Meadows. In- 
troduced. 
scutella'ia, racemes axillary, alternate ; 
pedicels divaricate ; leaves linear, dentate- 
serrate ; stem erect, weak. 6-12 i. Flow- 
ers flesh-colored, racemed. Moist places. 
agres"tis, flower peduncled ; leaves on 
short petioles, cordate ovate, deeply serrate ; 
segments of the calyx ovate-lanceolate ; 
stem procumbent; flowers small, pale blue, 
axillary, solitary. Sandy fields. Can. to 
Car. 
alpi'nn, leaves opposite, lance-oblong, 
acute, toothed; corymb terminal; calyx 
hispid. 
arven"d!i, (field veronica, w b. M. @.) 
stem procumbent ; flowers solitary ; lower 
leaves opposite, petioled, cordate ovate, .ser- 
rate ; !i il leaves alternate, lanceolate, ses- 
sile, 1(1 .-'er than the peduncles; .segments 
of the <'.,!yx unequal. Var. renifor"mis, 
leaves reuiibrm, entire, sessile. 3 8 i. 
hederifn'lia, (ivy .speedwell, w-b. M. ^.) 
flowers solitary ; leaves as long as the pet- 
ioles, roiind-cordate, .5-lobed ; upper ones 
3-lobed ; segments of the calj'x cordate, 
ciliate, acute; stem pi-ocunibeiit. 
■pcregri'na, (Maryland veronica, w. Mar. 
flowers solitary, sessile ; leaves oblong, 
obtuse, toothed and entire ; lower ones op- 
posite, upper ones alternate, linear-lance- 
ohite. 4-8 i. 
rcnifor"mis, (b. J. 2X.) stem creeping; 
spikes peduncled ; peduncles lateral, axil- 
lary, 1 hracted ; leaves opposite, long pet- 
ioled, heart-reniform, gash-crenate. >S. 
VESICA'RIA.^ 14—1. iCrucifercE.) 
didymocar"pa, white-downy, down .stel- 
lated ; calyx equal ; .silicles large, inflated, 
hi pairs ; radical leaves broad ovate spatu 
late; the rest lanceolate sub-entire. Rocky 
Mountains, and West. 
VEXILLA'RIA. 16—10. {Leguminosm.) [From 
vexillum, a banner.] 
virgin"ia'na, (butterfly weed, p. Jn. ll) 
stem twining, and with the ovate leafeta 
glabrous or sub-pubescent; peduncle 1-4- 
flowered ; calyx 5 parted, about as long 
as the lanceolate-bracts ; legume linear, 
compressed ; flowers larger than those of 
any other North American papilionaceous 
plant. Hedges. Penn. to Car. 
maHa'na, stem climbing, glabrous; leaves 
tern ate ; leafets lance-oval ; peduncles soli- 
tary, 1-3-flowered ; calyx tubular campanu- 
late, glabrou.s, much longer than the bractsi 
legume torulose. Banks of streams. Flow- 
ers large, pale blue. 
plumi'era, climbing ; leaves ternate, ovate- 
oblong, acuminate ; calyx campanulate, 
shorter than the ovate bracts ; corolla large, 
silky. ,S\ 
VlBUR"NUM. 5—3. (CaprifolnB.) 
oxycod'ais, (high cranberry, r-w. J. ^.) 
leaves 3-lobed, acute at the base, 3-nerved ; 
lobes divaricate, acuminate, remotely and 
obtusely toothed; petioles glandular; cymes 
I radiate ; flowers of the ray large, abortive. 
' Small .shrub with spreading branches; fruit 
, large, red, acid. 5 8 f Mountain wood.s. 
j laittauoi'de.-i, (hobble bush, w. M. Tp.) 
: branches flexuo.se, often procumbent ; 
I leaves orbicular-ovate, abruptly acumin- 
ate, unequally serrate ; nerves and petioles 
I pulverulent-tomentose ; cymes closely ses- 
sile ; fruit ovate. 4-8 f Fruit red, black 
when fully ripe. Mountains. 
pyrifo'ltum, (w. J. Tp .) smooth ; leaves 
ovate-oblong, acute, crenate, serrate ; pe- 
tiole naked ; cymes sub-pedunculale ; fruit 
oblong ovate. 5-10 f 
lenta'go. (.sheep berry, w. J. ^).) glab- 
rous; leaves broad-ovate, acuminate, hook- 
serrate ; petioles margined, undulate ; cymes 
sess-ile. The branches, when full grown, 
often form a fastigiate top. Berries black, 
i oval, and pleasant tasted ; somewhat mu- 
cilaginous. 8-15 f 
I acerifo'lium, (maple guelder-rose, dock- 
mackie, w, J.^.) leaves heart-ovate, or 3- 
lobed, acuminate, sharp serrate, pubescent 
beneath ; cymes long peduncled ; stem very 
flexible ; leaves broad and .sub membrana- 
ceous. 4 5 f Leaves applied to inflamed 
tumors by the Indians. 
nu'duvi, w. M. ^ .) glabrous ; leaves oval, 
sub-entire ; margins revolute ; petioles na- 
ked ; cymes peduncled ; flowers small, 
crowded. Berries black. 8-12 f 
piibes"cem, ^w. J. ^.) pubescent; leaves 
short-petioled, ovate, acuminate, dentate- 
serrate, villose beneath ; cymes peduncled ; 
fruit oblong. 6 f High grounds. 
cassinoi'dcs, (J. Tp .) glabrous ; leaves lance- 
olate, acute at each end, crenate ; margins 
slightly revolute ; petioles keeled, without 
glands. Swamps. 
denta'tii.m, (arrow-wood, w. M. 
smoothish ; leaves long petioled, orbicular- 
ovate, dentate- serrate, plicate, glabrous 
both sides ; cyme peduncled ; fruit sub- 
gloho.se. Fruit blue. 8 f 
ohovd'tnm. (M. S:) glabrous; branches 
virgate ; leave.s obovate, crenate, dentate 
